Define a ‘Geosyncline’. What is the result of the upliftment of the sediments in the geosyncline?
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- A geosyncline is a large-scale depression in the Earth’s crust containing very thick deposits.
- A narrow, shallow, elongated basin with a sinking bottom in which a considerable thickness of sediments was deposited by the river coming from Angaraland and Gondwana land is called a ‘Geosyncline’.
- T he Himalayas were formed as a result of the upliftment and folding of the sediments in the Tethys Sea.
